Manhole Covers Being Stolen in Aurora

Over the last few weeks manhole covers have been going missing from Aurora streets and sidewalks. So far thieves have made off with seventeen of the eighty pound covers.

It is possible that the thieves are stealing the covers in hopes of selling them. That amount of metal is worth about nine dollars at a recycling center. They cost the city $65 each to make.

Local scrap metal shops and recyclers are being notified by both the city and police.

Crews are doing their best to make sure that none are missing for long, due to the possible dangers of the holes being left open.

The city is asking that anyone noticing a missing cover contact them immediately. If you see someone, who doesn't work for the city, messing with a cover contact police immediately.

Last week, New York City arrested a man for stealing eighteen of their 300 pound covers, in Brooklyn and Queens. He had been selling them for scrap metal.